Casa Sonora

When I first moved into the Westlake neighborhood of West Downtown Los Angeles, I was always greeted by the glowing neon red sign "Casa." It was a pretty cool welcome sign. During the day, the entire sign read Casa Sonora, but only Casa survived at night. None of the sign has been lit up in the last few months and just today I notice that some workers were dismantling it.

The building was recently purchased, is under new management and is now being marketed as the The Charleston... The new owners should have gone with the original name of Casa Sonora. Anyways, I was worried they were removing the historic neon sign, but apparently it's getting a new paint job. Only time will tell.